The final push/countdown

This past weekend we had our mobile boot camp at the university. Overall things went really well. Even though we had to come in on a Saturday to teach, it was worth it. Our students from our class volunteered to be lab assistants for the students in the boot camp. It was really nice seeing them help out the bootcamp students....and when there were times i didn't know why there was an error in a student's code, i would ask our students for backup.

i also got to lecture on the Location API for J2ME, which was popular among the students. there's actually a picture on the AITI blog of me lecturing.



At the end of the day, the instructors and lab assistants were all very happy with the day's work. We took a group picture before we left. I look back on this picture, and already start to feel homesick, knowing that in less than a week i'll be leaving nairobi, and not sure when i'll ever get the chance to see these guys again. i've become great friends with many of them, and have learned just as much from them as they have from us. i really like this picture, with me and the group at strathmore:



That night we went out with John and Judy, and ate at the expensive Japanese restaurant. Did some dancing at a club...i think my 'mit breakdancing' skills are kicking ass here in kenya. haha.....i'll have to learn more when i get back to the states.

that's about it for this week. past couple days the students have been mainly working on their final projects. we had a guest speaker today who was an alumni of the AITI program back four years ago. he talked about his experiences with AITI, his career, and future plans. me and zach also gave a talk about applying to U.S. colleges. Michael gave his perspective as well. i didn't realize how good of a position i was in to be at a place like MIT. many of the students knew america was the land of opportunity-great resources, research, facilities, and teachers. i hope i can help them out in any way i can to get them to come to america for college. it would be awesome to see some of them at MIT. i hope things will work out well for these guys.

well...staying up longer than usual doing android. the database in android is really weird. same sql languge, just the android syntax could need sometime to get use to. well, that's it for now. hope everyone back in the states is having a greatnd time. i'm happy and sad at the same time that my time in kenya is almost up. until next time, happy coding!